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Property Protection Heat Stress Injuries & Sports Heat stress from hot summer weather can result in sudden, catastrophic -- and preventable -- injury to student athletes or summer camp participants. The Center for Disease Control reports that heat stress is a leading cause of death and disability among high school athletes with an estimated 9,300 injuries occurring annually. Football players are at higher risk of heat stress injuries, as are youth who are overweight, fatigued, or out of condition. Sixty-six percent of all heat-related injuries to student athletes occur during the month of August. Coaches, trainers and and summer counselors should be aware of the risks of heat-related illness, and be able to recognize the symptoms and respond quickly to a medical emergency. Visit CIRMA's Heat Stress & Sports webpage. Emotional & Social Intelligence Awareness Over the past decade, aggressive behavior by students has increased dramatically in school districts across nation and in CIRMA-member schools here in Connecticut. CIRMA, in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Education and our School District Advisory Committee, has responded to this troubling trend by developing a number of risk management resources to help public school leaders and staff improve the social and emotional well-being of students -- the foundation of a safer, more cooperative school community. Emotional and social intelligence is defined as "competencies linked to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, which enable people to understand and manage their own and others' emotions in social interactions. These qualities and the behavior management techniques that build them are crucial in classroom management and the development of students' self-control and ability to learn. CIRMA's resources include: Whitepaper - Managing Behavior: Implementing Best Practices to Improve School Climate and Culture - PDF Whitepaper - Teacher Interventions: Managing Liability Before, During, and After a Student Altercation - PDF Scroll down for additional publications! School Announcement Series - This series presents the facts of an actual claim, and discusses how similar incidents could be avoided. See the Publications below. For more information, please contact your CIRMA Risk Management Consultant. Value-Added Programs for Schools - free with your CIRMA membership
HSB's Online Assessment Tools - Equipment and Operation Efficiency for Public Schools CIRMA's reinsurance partner, The Hartford Steam Boiler Company (HSB), is committed to helping CIRMA members save money and reduce losses by providing self-assessment tools and expert preventive maintenance resources for the care of their facilities and equipment. HSB Efficiency First is an HSB next generation portal with links to HSB calculators and resources - but not focused on any one occupancy. Visit HSB's Efficiency First Portal.	Cyber Insurance and Drone Coverage We've expanded our Liability-Auto-Property Program to offer coverage for two important emerging exposures: Cyber Insurance and Drones.	TULIP Coverage Renting your facilities for events? Tenant User Liability Insurance Program - TULIP Brochure - PDF	International Travel Insurance Program Coverage for School Groups traveling abroad International Travel Insurance Program Brochure- PDF Plan for your Winter and Spring break trips abroad!
CIRMA & HSB Equipment & Operational Efficiency Self-Assessment Money Saving Tips Designed Just for Schools. On average, it costs $4.00 a square foot to heat, cool and light a typical school building. This number is significantly higher than what schools spend on textbooks, computers, and supplies. With these figures in mind, the potential savings through improved energy efficiency is enormous. Improving energy efficiency can provide schools with an estimated saving of 20%, while also yielding additional benefits, such as: Improve student performance Increase security and safety Improve teacher retention Decrease liability Reduce environmental impacts So, how do you decide which energy efficient options have the best payback? Our energy savings portal offers simple steps for schools to take to save energy and keep crucial equipment operating smoothly. HSB's Equipment Operation and Efficiency Program offers money saving and energy efficiency tips in the following categories: space heating, lighting, water heating, space cooling, ventilation, cooking and refrigeration, and electrical. Employment Practices Liability Helpline Program for CIRMA LAP Pool Members! Under CIRMA's Employment Practices Liability Helpline program, Rose Kallor attorneys will provide CIRMA LAP members expert legal advice on all aspects of employment practices law. The EPL Helpline provides access to one hour of expert legal advice per month for no charge on issues relating to employment practices. Call the EPL Helpline at 833-544-4110 Or e-mail at cirmahotline@rosekallor.com Liability-Auto-Property members may also sign up for the Employment Practices Liability News & Alerts service. Please email your contact information to jsmith@ccm-ct.org to subscribe.
Risk Management Training & Education Programs Please contact your CIRMA Risk Management Consultant for more information about these risk management programs.
INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAININGS: Visit our Training Page for a complete list of upcoming programs! CIRMA E-LEARNING CENTER --Online training for School Staff! CIRMA offers a number of online training programs through our E-Learning Center of interest to school employees. These online courses can be accessed through our E-Learning Center. To register for a course, please contact your organization's E-Learning Administrator or Martin Connelly, Risk Management Services Coordinator, at mconnelly@ccm-ct.org.
PUBLICATIONS
White Papers Managing Behavior: Implementing Best Practices to Improve School Climate and Culture Teacher Interventions: Managing Liability Before, During, and After a Student Altercation - PDF Public Act 16:112: An Act Concerning the Filing of Workers' Compensation Claims - PDF Deferred Maintenance: The Cost of Doing Nothing - PDF	White Papers - continued Security Surveillance: Managing the Use of CCTV Creating Your Own BYOD Program: Risk Management for Business Use of Personal Devices - PDF School Employee Injuries During School Spirit Activities: Determining Compensability & Managing Risk - PDF	Training Kits Summer Maintenance Safety Orientation Summer Camp Counselor Safety Orientation Order through our Learning Media Library Lessons Learned Series Lessons Learned Series, No. 1-19 Bulletins for Schools Classroom Door Decorating Contests, December 2021 - *New!*	Best Practice Guides Public Schools: Best Practices in Hiring - presented in partnership with Howd and Ludorf, LLC School Announcement Series School Announcement Series - No.1-16, June 2022 *- Updated* Student's Behavior Leads to Injured Staff Members, June 2022, No.16 *- New!*

Tools for Preventing Sprains and Strains
Safety Topics

Warming Up - PDF Safe Lifting - PDF Keep in Shape - PDF
Tools for Preventing Winter Slips and Falls
Preventing Slips & Falls Training Kit	CIRMA's Preventing Slip & Fall Awareness Month Poster
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